1907 New York Highlanders season

The 1907 New York Highlanders season, the team's fifth, finished with the team in fifth place in the American League with a record of 70–78. Another notable newcomer was New York's recently acquired left fielder Branch Rickey, who would become well known for integrating Jackie Robinson into the major leagues some four decades later.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Red Kleinow	90	269	71	.264	0	26
1B	Hal Chase	125	498	143	.287	2	68
2B	Jimmy Williams	139	504	136	.270	2	63
SS	Kid Elberfeld	120	447	121	.271	0	51
3B	George Moriarty	126	437	121	.277	0	43
OF	Wid Conroy	140	530	124	.234	3	51
OF	Willie Keeler	107	423	99	.234	0	17
OF	Danny Hoffman	136	517	131	.253	5	46

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Frank LaPorte	130	470	127	.270	0	48
Ira Thomas	80	208	40	.192	1	24
	52	137	25	.182	0	15
Rudy Bell	17	52	11	.212	0	3
Neal Ball	15	44	9	.205	0	4
Walter Blair	7	22	4	.182	0	1
Baldy Louden	4	9	1	.111	0	0
Deacon McGuire	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Al Orth	36	248.2	14	21	2.61	78
Jack Chesbro	30	206.0	10	10	2.53	78
Slow Joe Doyle	29	193.2	11	11	2.65	94
Bill Hogg	25	166.2	10	8	3.08	64
Doc Newton	19	133.0	7	10	3.18	70
Earl Moore	12	64.0	2	6	3.94	28
Tacks Neuer	7	54.0	4	2	2.17	22
	4	27.0	2	0	2.67	10
Rube Manning	1	9.0	0	1	3.00	3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Frank [Kitson (baseball)\|Frank Kitson]	12	61.0	4	0	3.10	14
	8	46.1	1	2	6.22	13
Ray Tift	4	19.0	0	0	4.74	6
Walter Clarkson	5	17.1	1	1	6.23	3
Roy Castleton	3	16.0	1	1	2.81	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	19	3	5	3	2.50	20
	4	0	0	0	8.64	5
	1	0	0	0	3.00	0